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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''High elves''' are the elves most likely to interact with other peoples of the Flanaess, particularly humanity. High elves dress in pale forest colours when in their villages,typically pastel and of blue or green or violet but often covered by a greenish gray cloak<ref name=":1">Monster Manual 1, Gary Gygax, 1977, 1e</ref>, and intense, deep colours when in urban settings. Men wear loose blouses belted over close fitting hose with soft leather shoes or boats. Women often wear frocks with sashes, or blouses over ankle length skirts. When hunting, elves favour neutral brown leathers. They are typically dark haired and have green or hazel eyes. High elves can live up to 1,200 or even 1,600 years. <ref name=":2" /> | |||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||
===Culture=== | ===Culture=== | ||
While High elves, more than many other elven kin, are tolerant and open with humans, many of the lands still considered to be High Elven nations are that way through partial elven reclusiveness. High elf Nations like Lendore (Before the cult of Sehanine) and Highfolk communicated and were allied with human nations, but kept the heart of their own communities separate. The Duchy of Ulek is a High elf ruled land, but has a higher human population then elven Aside from the recent developments in Lendore isles, many high elf communities are against strict isolationism, and many elves in the Knights of Luna, a movement in Celene resisting the Grey elven queen's staunch isolationism, are high elves. Most nations with the highest population of high elves are not elven ruled lands, but part of human ones.<ref name=":0">Living Greyhawk Gazeteer, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, Gary Holian, Frederick Weining, 2000, 3e</ref> | |||
Within the Flanaess the Fairdells and Vesve Forest have been occupied by High Elves, long before humans pressed across the mountains from the west, although the Vesve Forest is shared with the more abundant sylvan elves. About 20 high elf clans live around Highfolk. The isles of Lendore were under high elven rule long before they allowed humans to settle there. <ref name=":0" /> | |||
= | High elven architecture seems to adapt to their location. In woodland realms they prefer wooden buildings, with elegant arches and steeples, occasionally elevated into the trees. In other regions they have mountain keeps of stone. <ref name=":0" /> | ||
= | High elves seem more used to horses as mounts than some of their kin, and make great light cavalry as archers and lancers, such as in the army of the Duchy of Ulek and the Knights of the Hart of the Ferrond area.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
==High Elven | {| class="article-table" | ||
! colspan="3" |Places of Notable High Elven Population. | |||
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|'''Name''' | |||
|<abbr title="WoG Boxset gives only the fighting males of demihuman populations, which according to another note is only 20% of a total population. All numbers given here have already been multiplied by 5 to reflect total population.">576</abbr> CY<ref>World of Greyhawk (Boxed Set), 1983, Gary Gygax, 1e</ref> | |||
|591 CY<ref name=":0" /> | |||
|- | |||
|Highfolk | |||
|85,00 | |||
|21,804 | |||
|- | |||
|Lendore | |||
|>7500 | |||
|27,839 | |||
|- | |||
|Duchy of Ulek | |||
|60,000 | |||
|55,888 | |||
|- | |||
|Veluna | |||
|50,000 | |||
|60,192 | |||
|- | |||
|Grand Duchy | |||
of Geoff | |||
|30,000 | |||
|<630 | |||
|- | |||
|Lordship of the isles | |||
|<4000 | |||
|23,940 | |||
|- | |||
|Yeomanry | |||
|10,000 | |||
|15,295 | |||
|} | |||
==Appendix== | ==Appendix== | ||
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Description
High elves are the elves most likely to interact with other peoples of the Flanaess, particularly humanity. High elves dress in pale forest colours when in their villages,typically pastel and of blue or green or violet but often covered by a greenish gray cloak[1], and intense, deep colours when in urban settings. Men wear loose blouses belted over close fitting hose with soft leather shoes or boats. Women often wear frocks with sashes, or blouses over ankle length skirts. When hunting, elves favour neutral brown leathers. They are typically dark haired and have green or hazel eyes. High elves can live up to 1,200 or even 1,600 years. [2]
Society
Culture
While High elves, more than many other elven kin, are tolerant and open with humans, many of the lands still considered to be High Elven nations are that way through partial elven reclusiveness. High elf Nations like Lendore (Before the cult of Sehanine) and Highfolk communicated and were allied with human nations, but kept the heart of their own communities separate. The Duchy of Ulek is a High elf ruled land, but has a higher human population then elven Aside from the recent developments in Lendore isles, many high elf communities are against strict isolationism, and many elves in the Knights of Luna, a movement in Celene resisting the Grey elven queen's staunch isolationism, are high elves. Most nations with the highest population of high elves are not elven ruled lands, but part of human ones.[3]
Within the Flanaess the Fairdells and Vesve Forest have been occupied by High Elves, long before humans pressed across the mountains from the west, although the Vesve Forest is shared with the more abundant sylvan elves. About 20 high elf clans live around Highfolk. The isles of Lendore were under high elven rule long before they allowed humans to settle there. [3]
High elven architecture seems to adapt to their location. In woodland realms they prefer wooden buildings, with elegant arches and steeples, occasionally elevated into the trees. In other regions they have mountain keeps of stone. [3]
High elves seem more used to horses as mounts than some of their kin, and make great light cavalry as archers and lancers, such as in the army of the Duchy of Ulek and the Knights of the Hart of the Ferrond area.[3]
| Places of Notable High Elven Population. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | 576 CY[4] | 591 CY[3] |
| Highfolk | 85,00 | 21,804 |
| Lendore | >7500 | 27,839 |
| Duchy of Ulek | 60,000 | 55,888 |
| Veluna | 50,000 | 60,192 |
| Grand Duchy
of Geoff |
30,000 | <630 |
| Lordship of the isles | <4000 | 23,940 |
| Yeomanry | 10,000 | 15,295 |
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